TRUCKS INVOLVED IN FATAL ACCIDENTS: FACTBOOK 1990

The report contains a series of distributions of variables from UMTRI's file of Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents, 1990. The file combines the coverage of the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) data with the detail of the Office of Motor Carriers (OMC) data. When no OMC report existed for a medium or heavy truck listed by FARS, UMTRI conducted a telephone interview to obtain the desired information on ownership, type of trip, vehicle cconfiguration, cargo weights, and lengths. The 1990 TIFA contains 5,003 casses, down 5.4 percent from the 5,288 in 1989.